Profiles


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The Dragons Spirit Clan! A great club, with caring and loyal members. Just a small part of what makes our branch of International Taekwon-Do a special place to be.

It is our collective members that create an environment of friendship, caring and warmth. With this type of club atmosphere within our Dojang we can focus on the main task at hand. Disciplined training in our founders Taekwon-Do.

BLACK BELT PROFILES


Dragons Spirit Taekwon-Do is blessed with a loyal team of Black Belts, without whom we would be at great loss. Mr. Kane Raukura, our Head Instructor leads the Club with the assistance of the Black Belt Team who help with the instruction of our numerous members.

Here you can find our Black Belt Team proudly profiled, click on a Black Belt in the column to the left to find out more!

Thanks to Miss Katie Moore for collecting the information

 

  • Mr. Kane Raukura - Official Head Instructor

    —Age: 36Occupation: Secondary School TeacherYour Dan / Degree: 5th DegreeTaekwon-Do History:I started in 1989 under Mr. Sam Clark and took over as Head Instructor on Mr. Clarks retirement from more»

  • Mr. Afi Meleisea - 2IC

    Age: 44Occupation: Airline OfficerYour Dan / Degree: 1st DegreeTaekwon-Do History: Why did you start doing Taekwon-Do?Because of RobertWhy do you still train now?To try and keep slim, and learn more»

  • Mr. Graeme Insull

    Age: 54Occupation: EngineerYour Dan / Degree: 3rd DegreeTaekwon-Do History:Started in 1993, gained 1st Dan in 1997 and 2nd in 1999. Head Instructor for Dragons Spirit (then Papatoetoe TKD) while more»

  • Mr. Bruce Harrison

    Age: 33Occupation: SupervisorYour Dan / Degree: 3rd DegreeTaekwon-Do History:Waipiro Bay Taekwon-Do East Coast 1983-1992 Hamilton East Taekwon-Do 1993-1996 Papatoetoe Taekwon-Do 1997-1998 more»

  • Mr. Brendan Doogan

    Age: 29Occupation: TeacherYour Dan / Degree:—3rd DanTaekwon-Do History:Graded for 1st Dan May 2003. I have participated in several tournaments at both the Regional and National Level, and have more»

  • Miss. Courtney Meleisea

    Age: 16Occupation: StudentYour Dan / Degree: 2th DegreeTaekwon-Do History:Started in 2003. Junior student of the year 2006.Black belt in 2006.Junior world champs 2007.Why did you start doing more»

  • Miss. Kristy Leong

    Age: 17Occupation: Student and part time workerYour Dan / Degree: 2th DegreeTaekwon-Do History:Black belt in 2006.Junior world champs, Canada 2007.World Cup, Italy 2008.Selected for World Champs more»

  • Mr. Robert Meleisea

    Age: 11Occupation: StudentYour Dan / Degree:—1st DanWhy did you start doing Taekwon-Do?I started doing Taekwon-Do because I used to like Jackie Chan and wanted to do the things he did.Why do more»

  • Mr. Don Leong

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  • Mr. Mitchell Leong

  • Mr. Paul Easton

  • Mr. Peter Guptill

  • Miss. Patrina Guptill

  • Mr. Wayne Tureia

    Age: Not as Old as Don but only a few hours older than Afi (Over 40 ) Occupation: Engineer Your Dan / Degree: 1st Degree Taekwon-Do History: Started in Training at Papatoetoe more»

  • Mr. Phil Moore

    Age: 42 Occupation: Software Developer Your Dan / Degree: 1st Degree Taekwon-Do History: Started in July 2005, graded to black belt in May 2009 Why did you start doing more»